Word: caking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...festive rights following the official ceremonies became so excessive that the Board of Overseers made frequent but always unsuccessful attempts to curb Commencement behavior, even to the extent of banning "plum cake," which the Overseers observed, was never served in European universities...
Three candy golf balls were teed on a cake for Bob Hope, turning 60 at a family party in his California home. "Hard to believe," groaned Bob. "I didn't believe it myself until I heard about it." And Hope heard about it plenty, notably from a host of friends including Hedda Hopper, who advised: "Don't worry about being 60; I'm still wearing hats that...
...Jones has opened, flanked by two new luxury resorts. One is the Royal Lahaina. a 32-cottage settlement and semiprivate club. The new Sheraton-Maui is less expensive but more spectacular. Perched high on an escarpment of black rock, the 150-room hotel hangs like a scalloped upside-down cake over the sea, has been so successful that an additional 60 units have been add ed to be ready for occupancy by July...
...baking mixes with which to win British housewives to the idea of ready-mix, Betty acted with admirable diplomacy. She altered some formulas slightly to please the British palate, created two new ones especially for English teatime, even scaled down the ingredients in the mix to fit the smaller cake tins used by British housewives. To back Betty up, General Mills spent nearly $1,000.000 on an advertising campaign to push layer cake, Boston cream pie, brownies and honey-spice cake. But no luck. Betty has been called home in disgrace, and last week General Mills was closing down...
...keep it shut. Lately, however. Bailey's name has been prominently mentioned in a state insurance investigation. The Connecticut state government places its fire, casualty and related insurance through a single "agency of record." which thereby collects lush commissions. This agency distributes part of the commission cake to politically deserving "sub-agents," who do little if anything for the money they get. The arrangement was authorized by a state law in 1939, and Republicans, when they held power in Connecticut, also took full political advantage of it. The Coup. Early this year state Republicans got wind of some politically...